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The child as vulnerable patient : protection and empowerment / Lynn Hagger.
- Title
- The child as vulnerable patient : protection and empowerment / Lynn Hagger.
- Author
- Hagger, Lynn.
- Publication
- Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., c2009.
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- Description
- xvi, 252 p.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- This volume examines the particular ethical and legal issues raised by children in the health care setting. The book looks at the key areas of concern in relation to the balance between protecting the welfare of the young and their rights to autonomy.
- Series Statement
- Medical law and ethics
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The importance of protecting and empowering children -- The law and children's autonomy -- Parental responsibility and children's health care treatment -- Confidentiality and children -- Genetic testing and counselling : the paradigm case for family medicine? -- Negligence and complaints -- Children in research -- Children's participation and foundation trusts : some new opportunities? -- Concluding remarks.
- ISBN
- 9780754672524 (hbk.)
- 0754672522 (hbk.)
- 9780754691297 (ebook)
- 0754691292 (ebook)
- LCCN
- ^^2009001726
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library